Nicky Orozco, Southeast Region Youth Programs Director

By Nicky Orozco

Early this August, I joined the Louisiana Right to Life as the Youth Programs Director for the southeast region. This has been an amazing initial experience, and I am excited to meet the students, teachers, and individuals involved in the pro-life movement in Louisiana. My own pro-life journey began when I was in high school in New Hampshire.

At one of my youth group nights, a promotional video played for the March for Life. My heart began to burn as I watched the video, and I quickly convinced my mom to let me go to the National March for Life. I ended up going with a church group from another state. 

I went to a largely pro-choice public high school, and had begun to think that I was alone in my beliefs. So, when I saw how many people had come from across the country to fight for those in the womb, I was blown away and inspired. On the following day, they divided the group by age, and, in one of the sessions, I was shown explicit photos of different abortion procedures. Seeing that level of violence inflicted upon such innocence left me emotionally fragmented. I couldn’t believe that these were the actions that stood behind the word, “abortion”. It struck me that there was a responsibility here to defend the preborn. 

My  conviction in helping those who are vulnerable and marginalized led me to Franciscan University of Steubenville where I graduated with a degree in social work. While I was there, I became a part of and, later led, a women’s group called “Madonna of the Streets”. This group dedicated themselves to being a part of an active ministry and to praying outside a local abortion facility at least once a month. During this same period, I also became a canvasser with Susan B. Anthony List, an organization that works to elect pro-life political leaders and advocate for laws that protect life. 

After graduating college in the spring of 2022, I became a missionary, and a team leader, with the Culture Project. The Culture Project is an organization that encourages students to understand the value of human life and to make virtuous decisions. As a part of that mission, I lived in Philadelphia for two years where I gave presentations to middle schoolers, high schoolers, college students, and young adults. Some of the topics that these presentations covered were abortion, human trafficking, and social media usage. 

Now, in this new role with the Louisiana Right to Life, I look forward to growing in knowledge, helping to empower students, and advocating for the most vulnerable of our society.